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Apple Inc. chief executive Tim Cook, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer and head of tax operations Phillip Bullock are facing questions on Capitol Hill today about the company’s offshore profits and taxes, amid pressure to overhaul the U.S. tax code. The hearing started at 9:30 a.m. ET and includes testimony from other experts. Watch live video of the hearing. This blog will be updated throughout the hearing.

In-house intelligence units are cropping up all over the place looking for anything that could threaten the brand reputation or business interests of their company; Tim Cook’s ascension to Apple CEO has not dulled his awe for the company; When facing market shifts, companies could be best served taking a dual approach.

Ina Drew never craved public recognition, and up until J.P. Morgan’s $6 billion trading blunder, almost no one had heard of her; Apple under Tim Cook is a happier, more transparent place; A small production company is winning where mainstream Hollywood studios won’t–or can’t.

Europe has to start acting more like one country instead of 27. And that means that the EU will have to take the strides toward deeper union; Unilever CEO Paul Polman isn’t afraid to shake things up; Since Tim Cook took the helm at Apple, the company has grown more open and more corporate.

Apple’s board of directors moved last week to lock in the company’s new CEO, Tim Cook, for the next 10 years.

In an SEC filing on Friday, the board said that, in connection with Cook’s new CEO role, they were awarding him 1 million restricted stock units, half of which would vest on August 24, 2016 and the remainder on August 24, 2021, if he stays at Apple.